When Bulgaria joined the European Union this past January, I believed that my country had finally left its repressive past behind.

Although at first it was feared one raider had been left behind, all the troopers were accounted for.

To defer that process for much longer would only prolong the pain, increase the risks and delay the day when the region turns its back on a painful past and moves forward towards a common European future.

This period, along with the new state approved songs recollecting new events such as the Civil War, also left behind traditions of student songsters and blatniye pesni, or songs based on prison slang.

When Bulgaria joined the European Union this past January, I believed that my country had finally left its repressive past behind. But the recent arrest and threatened deportation of Annadurdy Hadjiev, a dissident from Turkmenistan who sought refuge here, suggests that some things never change.

I'm giving up smoking.

I left my dog.

This is why I quit the job.

Why did you quit your job?

I left you a note.

Why did you leave your job?

Layla left high school.

Did you leave a tip?

Crops and food supplies have dwindled, leaving nothing but desperation behind.

The suffering and pain they leave behind are deep and long lasting.

I left the rest to him and went out.

She left her gloves in the car.

You left your lights on.

My mother left me a message.

She let Tom go.

Layla quit nursing.

I left behind my entire life.

Our family moved here from ______.

I left my card at home.

Why did you leave your job on the farm?

Layla left her medication in the camp.

Egypt left a lasting legacy.

Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.

Maybe I left the good one? have killed themselves.

Sir, you have left your lighter on the table.

I left a note by your door this morning.

Layla's death left the community in shock.

and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them

Follow up to and celebration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond

So I quit my company and started a career as a professional performer.

You had better stay away from work today.

Layla left her keys and phone in her car.

Layla left Sami fot another man.

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These defeats left Caucasus to Ottoman conquest.

But I have this against you, that you left your first love.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.